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@at, 12, 1965 G. E. NICHOLS 3,210,874

CALENDAR MOUNT Filed Aug. 23, 1963 20 +5 & ,20

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BY MM *M United States Patent 3,210,874 CALENDAR MOUNT Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro, Mass, assignor to Winthrop-Atkins Co., Inc., Middleboro, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Aug. 23, 1963, Ser. No. 304,010 Claims. (Cl. 40-120) This invention relates to a support for calendar pads and the like such as forms the subject matter of my copending applications Serial No. 304,009, filed August 23, 1963, Serial No. 359,981, filed April 15, 1964 and my Patent No. 3,150,977, dated September 29, 1964 and has for its principal objects to provide a device which is of simple construction, attractive appearance, self-supporting, adapted to be placed in either one of two positions, collapsible for storage and/or shipping, and durable.

As herein illustrated, the structure comprises parts disposed at an angle to each other such that their planes intersect, a pair of struts situated in transversely spaced, parallel relation connected at their ends to the divergent ends of the parts, and a pair of panels situated between the struts, said panels being connected at their adjacent edges to each other and at their remote edges to the parts, with one of the panels parallel to the part to which it is connected and fixed in facial relation thereto. panel fixed in facial relation to the part is narrower than the part and fixed thereto with an edge situated intermediate the edges of the part. The hinge connecting the other panel to the other part is spaced from and parallel to the hinges connecting the struts to the part and situated closer to the one part than the hinges.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is an elevation of the structure shown in one of two possible positions;

FIG. 2 is an end view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3a is a fragmentary disclosure of a tongue and notch for engaging the lower edge of the part 12 with the rear edge of the part 14;

FIG. 4 diagrammatically shows the structural relation of the parts;

FIG. 5 is an edge view of the structure when collapsed;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the collapsed structure;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the collapsed structure; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the structure.

Referring to the drawings, the structure comprises parts 12 and 14 disposed at an angle to each other such that their planes intersect. Each of these parts is a rigid, substantially rectangular panel having spaced parallel edges and ends. A pair of struts 16-16, situated in spaced parallel relation, are connected at their ends, respectively, to the divergent edges of the parts 12 and 14 by hinges 18-18 and 20-20, which permit relative movement of the struts 16-16 and the parts 12 and 14. A pair of rigid, substantially rectangular panels 22 and 24 are situated between the struts 16-16 and are connected to each other at their adjacent edges by a hinge 26 and at their remote ends to the parts 12 and 14 by hinges 28 and 30. The panel 24 is narrower than the part 12 and is secured by means of adhesive, staples, or the like, in facial engagement therewith, with its lower edge intermediate the edges of the part 12. The hinge 30, connecting the panel 22 to the part 14, is situated in spaced parallel relation to the hinges 18-18 and closer to the part 12 than the hinges 18-18.

Diagrammatically the parts are connected as shown in FIG. 4. The structure is such that when the part 14 is placed on a flat supporting surface and the struts 16-16 folded in a clockwise direction about the hinges The Patented Oct. 12, 1965,

18-18, the combined weight of the part 12, panel 22 and struts causes the parts automatically to assume the position shown in .FIG. 3, in which the lower edge of the part 12 rests on the part 14, or, if the latter does not extend rearwardly that distance, into the plane of the part 14. The structure may be flattened out to the position shown in FIG. 5, by swinging the struts 16-16 in a counterclockwise direction thereby bringing the struts 16-16 and the panel 22 into a common plane and folding the part 12 into engagement therewith.

The structure may optionally be set up with the part 12 as the support, however, in this position the combined weightof the strut 16-16, panel 22 and part 14 tends to collapse the structure. Accordingly, fastening means must be provided for holding the part 14 engaged with the part 12. This may be accomplished by embodying deformable hinge elements in the hinges 18-18 which, when bent to assume a predetermined position, will preserve the position of the part, or by providing a tongue 12a on one of the parts 12 and 14 for engagement with an opening 141: in the other of the parts. Deformable hinge means is shown in my copending application of the same date.

The collapsed position of the blank is shown in FIG. 5 and the top and bottom sides, respectively, thereof in FIGS. 6 and 7, with the parts identified by the reference characters employed in the description of the structure above.

The structure may be modified by hinging the struts 16-16 intermediate their ends and securing the parts at one side of the hinges in facial engagement with one of the parts 12 or 14 and by making the panels 22, 24 as one-piece so that it extends rigidly across the angle between the divergent portions of the parts 12 and 14.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A structure comprising parts disposed at an angle to each other with an edge of one resting on the other, a pair of struts situated in transversely spaced, parallel relation connected at their ends to the divergent edges of the parts, and a pair of panels situated between the struts, said panels being connected at their adjacent edges to each other and at their remote edges to the parts, with one of the panels parallel to the part to which it is connected and fixed in facial relation thereto.

2. A structure comprising parts disposed at an angle to each other such that their planes intersect, a pair of struts situated in transversely spaced, parallel relation connected at their ends to divergent portions of the parts, and a pair of panels situated between the struts, one of which is secured in facial engagement to one of the parts, with its lower edge situated intermediate the edges of said part, and the other of which is connected at its edges, respectively, to the lower edge of said one panel and to the other part.

3. A structure comprising substantially rectangular parts having edges and ends disposed in intersecting planes, a pair of struts hingedly connected at their ends in transversely spaced relation to the divergent edges of the parts for pivotal movement of the parts and struts relative to each other, and a pair of flat panels situated between the struts, one of which is narrower than one of the parts and is secured in facial contact therewith, with one edge situated intermediate the edges of said part, and the other panel of which is pivotally connected at its edges to the one edge of the one panel and to the divergent edge of the other part.

4. A structure according to claim 3, wherein the con nection of the other panel to the other part is situated in spaced parallel relation to the hinges connecting the struts to that edge of the other part, and closer to the one part than said hinges.

5. A structure comprising rigid substantially rectangular panels disposed at an angle to each other such that their planes intersect, a pair of transversely spaced rigid parts opposite said angle, hinge means connecting the opposite ends of said rigid parts to the divergent ends of the panel, said rigid parts being narrower than the panels and supporting the divergent ends of the panels at a fixed distance from each other, and a support situated between the transversely spaced rigid parts comprising a part secured in facial contact with one of the panels with one edge coinciding with the divergent end of that panel and the other edge spaced from and parallel thereto and a part connected at one edge to said other edge of the one part and at its other edge to the other panel in spaced parallel relation to the divergent end of said other panel so that said part is supported opposite the angle of intersection of the panels, the parts of the support situated between the transversely spaced rigid parts providing supporting surfaces for receiving a calendar pad and advertisement,

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,361,562 10/44 Park 40124.1 2,467,190 4/49 Cowles 248-35 2,690,624 10/54 Phillips 40124.1 X 2,831,285 4/58 Cross 248-35 X EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner.

JEROME SCHNALL, Examiner. 

1. A STRUCTURE COMPRISING PARTS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO EACH OTHER WITH AN EDGE OF ONE RESTING ON THE OTHER, A PAIR OF STRUTS SITUATED IN TRANSVERSELY SPACED, PARALLEL RELATION CONNECTED AT THEIR ENDS TO THE DIVERGENT EDGES OF THE PARTS, AND A PAIRO F PANELS SITUATED BETWEEN THE STRUTS, SAID PANELS BEING CONNECTED AT THEIR ADJACENT EDGES TO EACH OTHER AND AT THEIR REMOTE EDGES TO THE PARTS, WITH ONE OF THE PANELS PARALLEL TO THE PART TO WHICH IT IS CONNECTED AND FIXED IN FACIAL RELATION THERETO. 